The Portland daily press., 1887-01-10
BRIEF JOTTINCS.

There were - arrest last week of which
II were for drunkenness.
Z. Z. Austin had forty dollar oyercoat
stolen from him Saturday.
The mud digger is frozen ON the marine
railway where she went for repairs.
The Polynesian is expected tomorrow
She was delayed sixteen hours waiting for
the mails.
Messrs. Jose & Morton: have frescoed the
new Congregational church at Jonesport in
fne style.
Quinn d Co., are building one eighty horse
power steam boiler for the Portland Stone
Ware Company.
The ice dealers of Maine are not SO happy
as could be expected since south of us the
ice crop has been equally good
The Boston & Portland clothing store will
furnish the dance orders for Bosworth Re-
lief Corps assembly tomorrow night.
The value of foreign exports last week
was S440,497.20. There were 37.74S feet of
lumber included and 1901 barrels of apples
from Maine.
The Deering Centre Band, IA pieces, j.
Freeman, leader, and Messrs. O'NeiI and
Spelman on the violin and banjo, furnished
fine music at the Portland Business College
Saturday. -
Despite the heavy wind Captain Goudy's
scow arrived in Boothbay, Saturday after
noon, with that monster boiler which he
carried for $780, Tug Plymouth towed
the scow.
BY the bursting of the main water pipe in
the second story of the Casco Bank building,
Cat Mr. A 80 T.. l.; 4.
store, on the first floor, was damaged several
hundred dollars worth.
Ice had formed across the harbor yester-
day from the breakwater to the old ice off
Fish Point and a number of small vessels
were prevented from getting in and out of
the upper harbor by it.
Mr.. b. C. Donahue of this city, has got a
patent for an electric station indicator on
railroad trains. The engineer touches an
electric button and the name of the next sta
ton appears in each passenger car in large
letters.
Wesley Bunker steward of the barkentine
Alexander Campbell, who arrived here sick
with pulmonary consumption, and was taken
to the U. S. Marine Hospital, died there of
double pneumonia. He resided at Cranberry
Isle.
In the Wide Awake for January IAN Old
.ouse." by Miss Harriet L. Bradley Of this
Nv, describes the old Longfellow mansion
congress strickland the engravings which
very fine, are taken from photographs by
4mson.
A number of the comrades and lady friends
of Mr. A. M. Sawyer, the new commander
of Bosworth Post, called on him Saturday
dght, and Mrs. S. w. Fletcher in their be-
half presented him with an elegant gold
rand Army badge. Commander Sawyer
appropriately responded.
The annual meeting of the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument Association has been call
ed for this evening at Reception Hall. AS
there are other important meetings to be held
tonight we are requested to state that the
meeting will adjourn to Saturday evening
next without transacting any business.
The Board of Control of the Society Of
art has arranged for a series Of lectures be-
ore the School on Artistic Anatomy, Per-
spectiye Architecture Designing, Etching,
Composition, Painters and Paintings. DR..
Gerrish will lecture on Artistic Anatomy of
Head and Neck" next Thursday evening.
MFR. j. p. Champlin was thrown from his
sleigh, by reason Of a runner catching in the
railroad track, corner of High and Spring
treets Saturday. He was dragged some dis
lance but was not hurt The horse smashed
the sleigh, and ran into his stable and was
stuck hard and fast between two carriages.